Place fish in microwave-safe dish. Cover with picante sauce, and sprinkle with onion, green pepper, and mushrooms. Cover with cheese. Place plastic wrap over dish and vent. Microwave on high for 4 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Divide fish into 4 equal portions. To prepare in conventional oven, bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
Exchanges: All dinner menus this week have about 550 calories total and include:
2-3 Starch servings 1-3 Meat or Meat Substitute servings 1-3 Vegetable servings 1 Fruit serving 1-2 Fat servings
Total Fat - 20g Total Carbohydrate - 45g Protein - 33g
Some menus have 1 Skim Milk serving instead of 1 Meat, 1 Starch, or 1 Fruit serving.
Recipe for Tuesday, 4/28/98
This week we are featuring complete dinner menus and accompanying recipes from the cookbook Magic Menus for People with Diabetes, a calorie-controlled collection of the "best of" the award-winning Month of Meals series of menu planners.
You can order a copy of this and many other cookbooks from our online bookstore or call 1-800-Ada-Order (1-800-232-6733).
Dinner: 1 serving Orange Roughy Picante 1 cup cooked Spanish rice 1/2 cup green beans 1 slice whole-wheat bread 1&1/4 cups watermelon, cubed
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